08-23-2017, 03:32 AM
Another seriously overlooked problem of the physical conditioning angle is dehydration.
Very few understand how to hydrate, let alone do it.
Your performance levels are night and day difference when you're properly hydrated.
No, bringing a Camelbak or water bottles to a course is not hydrated. It will help keep you topped off, but you need to be hydrated well before showing up.
It takes a long time to get your intracellular fluid hydrated so that your body's cells are optimally-swollen and shaped as intended in the design.
It's fairly easy to force-hydrate your extracellular fluid (fluid in between the cells), but not the interstitial/intracellular fluid.
The clarity of mind you obtain, along with energy levels is measurably different.
Sitting in the sun all day long getting beaten by the endless blast of UV and other radiation from that nuclear furnace is brutal on the human body.
Add to that the fact that you are now running multiple tasks with your mind and body, thinking in ways you don't normally think, trying to connect and develop neuropaths that were not there before, while getting abused by the radiation.
You watch people show up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, then degrade into a depressed, lethargic demeanor, flushed red from the heat, barely able to function. Hydration, nutrition, plus good sleep can really help out with this. Sounds boring, not enough cool factor, but that is where I see the pros edge away from the aspiring. We see it big time in multi-day courses, or courses with very intense schedules.
Solution: Drink plenty of pure, clean water as part of your normal daily intake. If at sea level and sedentary lifestyle, drink half your body weight in ounces, so 200lb drinks 100oz per day. Not soda, juice, coffee, or alcohol, but water. For every 1000ft in elevation, you need to add a certain % of water due to air density and lack of O2. There are calculators online, but your easiest measuring stick is your urine color. Needs to be clear or mostly clear, not yellow or brown.
For every hour of moderate physical activity, you need to add at least 1.5-2.5 cups of water to your existing intake. At altitude, it gets pretty substantial when looking at how much water you need. When you are hydrated, you will have so much more energy available and ability to concentrate. Shooting really is about concentration, I've found.
Very few understand how to hydrate, let alone do it.
Your performance levels are night and day difference when you're properly hydrated.
No, bringing a Camelbak or water bottles to a course is not hydrated. It will help keep you topped off, but you need to be hydrated well before showing up.
It takes a long time to get your intracellular fluid hydrated so that your body's cells are optimally-swollen and shaped as intended in the design.
It's fairly easy to force-hydrate your extracellular fluid (fluid in between the cells), but not the interstitial/intracellular fluid.
The clarity of mind you obtain, along with energy levels is measurably different.
Sitting in the sun all day long getting beaten by the endless blast of UV and other radiation from that nuclear furnace is brutal on the human body.
Add to that the fact that you are now running multiple tasks with your mind and body, thinking in ways you don't normally think, trying to connect and develop neuropaths that were not there before, while getting abused by the radiation.
You watch people show up bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, then degrade into a depressed, lethargic demeanor, flushed red from the heat, barely able to function. Hydration, nutrition, plus good sleep can really help out with this. Sounds boring, not enough cool factor, but that is where I see the pros edge away from the aspiring. We see it big time in multi-day courses, or courses with very intense schedules.
Solution: Drink plenty of pure, clean water as part of your normal daily intake. If at sea level and sedentary lifestyle, drink half your body weight in ounces, so 200lb drinks 100oz per day. Not soda, juice, coffee, or alcohol, but water. For every 1000ft in elevation, you need to add a certain % of water due to air density and lack of O2. There are calculators online, but your easiest measuring stick is your urine color. Needs to be clear or mostly clear, not yellow or brown.
For every hour of moderate physical activity, you need to add at least 1.5-2.5 cups of water to your existing intake. At altitude, it gets pretty substantial when looking at how much water you need. When you are hydrated, you will have so much more energy available and ability to concentrate. Shooting really is about concentration, I've found.
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CCW, CQM, DM, Long Range Rifle Instructor
6.5 Grendel Reloading Handbooks & chamber brushes can be found here:
www.AR15buildbox.com